The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 34.8 million litres in December 2008, a decrease of 0.2% from November 2008.

The seasonally adjusted estimate was 35.0 million litres this month, up 0.9% from November 2008 and down 2.5% on December last year.

WHITE TABLE WINE

The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine was 16.7 million litres this month, 0.4% lower than last month and was 4.8% lower than December 2007.

The seasonally adjusted estimate was 16.6 million litres in December 2008, down 1.6% from November 2008 and 4.6% lower than December 2007.

RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE

The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine rose by 0.7% to 12.7 million litres this month but showing a fall of 0.5% on the same month last year.

The seasonally adjusted estimate was 13.1 million litres in December 2008, an increase of 2.9% on November 2008 and 1.5% higher than December 2007.

AUSTRALIAN WINE EXPORTS

Exports of Australian produced wine increased by 34.7% this month to 67.4 million litres. The value of the exported wine in December 2008 was $221.6 million, an increase of 18.6% from last month. Australia exported 700.7 million litres, with a total value of $2.5 billion in the twelve months ending December 2008. This was a fall of 10.2% in volume and a decrease of 15.5% in value over the corresponding period to December 2007.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

January 2009

6 March 2009

February 2009

6 April 2009

March 2009

8 May 2009

April 2009

5 June 2009

May 2009

3 July 2009

June 2009

3 August 2009

DATA NOTES

This release includes revisions to historical data for the domestic sales of Australian wine for white and red/rosé table wine in glass bottles less than two litres.

ROUNDING

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.

INQUIRIES

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